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PIERO DI COSIMO: Virgin and Child with a Dove

🖼 Virgin and Child with a Dove, c. 1490
Wood
87 × 58 cm
Paris, France

Soft brushwork renders the Virgin's tender gaze toward the Christ Child, while a white dove symbolizes peace between them. This intimate Renaissance composition exemplifies Piero's mastery of psychological connection and religious devotion through delicate portraiture and symbolic naturalism.

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E. H. Gombrich
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